Manipulatives
Physical objects such as counters, cubes or base-ten blocks used to help pupils understand maths ideas.
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- All four UK nations (details may differ), United States
- Topic
- Teaching and learning
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Related terms
- Concrete pictorial abstract (CPA) All four UK nations (details may differ) International
- A maths teaching sequence that moves from physical objects (concrete) to pictures and diagrams (pictorial) to symbols (abstract).
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